On聽Sunday, October 8th,聽国产视频 NYC聽presented a screening of聽,聽a sweeping new film by world-renowned artist, activist, and icon聽Ai Weiwei,聽followed by a conversation with聽Richard Gere听补苍诲聽David Miliband聽on the plight of refugees all over the world.
More than 65 million people have been forcibly displaced due to war, persecution, climate change, and crushing poverty in the greatest聽human displacement since World War II. Setting out on a journey across 23 countries,聽Ai Weiwei, who spent his own childhood as a displaced person during China’s Cultural Revolution, follows a chain of urgent聽human stories across the globe to bear witness to this massive聽human聽migration, elucidating both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its intimately personal聽human聽impact.
From perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders, Ai follows the desperate attempts of men, women, and children as they move from聽dislocation and disillusionment to endurance and adaptation.聽贬耻尘补苍贵濒辞飞听is a testament to the unassailable聽human聽spirit and poses a question that will define this century’s greatest聽human聽rights challenge: will we emerge from fear and isolation and choose a path of freedom and respect for one another?
PARTICIPANTS
Ai Weiwei聽
Artist and activist
顿颈谤别肠迟辞谤,听Human Flow
Richard Gere
Actor and humanitarian
David Miliband聽
President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, United Kingdom
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Programs/Projects/Initiatives
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